This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 451 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 451 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. There was a lion who liked scaring mice. The lion scared them all the time. But one day the lion was caught in a net. The mice felt sorry for him and chewed through the net. They set the lion free, and so the lion never scared the mice again.What did the lion learn? A) To be nicer to the mice. B) To roar as loudly as possible. C) That lions never need help. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be nicer to the mice. 2. What literary device is illustrated below: "Life is a journey" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. The location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place A) Main idea. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 4. Links the objects, characters and events of a story with meanings beyond the literal meaning of the story A) Cliche'. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allegory. 5. This literary device combines two very unlike things to make a point A) Metaphor. B) Assonance. C) Personification. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 6. Which of the following phrases is an alliteration? A) She cooked her favorite food in the church. B) The Philippines received million doses of vaccines. C) Charlie cheats on cheat-sheets. D) Mark debunks COVID-19 misinformation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charlie cheats on cheat-sheets. 7. A comparison between two things to better understand a concept A) Generalization. B) Tone. C) Analogy. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 8. Why do writers use similes in their writing? A) Because they are creative. B) Because they show comparisons of characteristics. C) Because they are funny. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because they show comparisons of characteristics. 9. Which type of poem consists of 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme and meter? A) Limerick. B) Sonnet. C) Haiku. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 10. A figure of speech that compares using like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Mattie's red scarf in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton A) Imagery. B) Symbolism. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 12. Identify the appositive in the sentence below. My best friend, Chuck, is a gifted speaker. A) Friend. B) Speaker. C) Chuck. D) My. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chuck. 13. The plumber's kitchen sink pipe burst. A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Pun. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 14. Fear of A) Bible/o. B) Graph/o. C) Klept/o. D) Mania. E) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All. 15. A connotation is: A) The exact, or literal, meaning of a word. B) Punctuation used to demonstrate possession. C) An idea or feeling that is associated with a certain word. D) When someone connects two simple sentences without using a conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An idea or feeling that is associated with a certain word. 16. Which of the following uses a positive connotation to describe a 90 year old man? A) Ancient. B) Mature. C) Immobile. D) Cranky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mature. 17. There can be multiple themes in the same text A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?The moon asked the stars to dance. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 19. When the author SHOWS things that reveal a character's personality A) Indirect Characterization. B) Antagonist. C) Narrator. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect Characterization. 20. Descriptive language that makes us sense something or picture something vividly A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Devices Quiz 1Literary Devices Quiz 2Literary Devices Quiz 3Literary Devices Quiz 4Literary Devices Quiz 5Literary Devices Quiz 6Literary Devices Quiz 7Literary Devices Quiz 8Literary Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books